Great post! I'm 24, and I try and get my friends to get in on bitcoin all the time, family also. So far no one has because they're "too broke". I know how that is, I personally sold 25 ounces of silver to buy my bitcoins... And that was really hard! But I know it will all be worth it down the line
***Resolved on 4/7/13. Funds finally in MtGox 10 days after original purchase. Just kept staying up to date on the bitinstant support thread so they wouldn't forget about me.***
So the first time I used bitinstant to transfer funds to MtGox it worked perfectly and pretty much instantly.. This time around, not so much.
So Thursday evening I transfered some funds through bitinstant "ZipZap" to MtGox, and I received all the confirmation emails from bitinstant. But as of right now as I type this, my funds have still not been added to my MtGox account, and I'm really starting to get agitated. I sent MtGox an email Friday and have not heard back.
The confirmation I received from bitinstant is OrderID: 237a4342-ea13-4249-8406-5b98fbf1341c